Potentially silly photo posting question...

[DaveyJ576]

Am I being incredibly dense, or is it not possible to post a photo into a thread reply directly from my computer? I took a screen shot of a mission and wanted to post it, but there doesn't seem to be a way to include it in the post. I did see that you can link a photo from the web, but can you post one directly from your computer?

 

Thanks!

[Vanamonde]

Nope, you can't go directly from your PC to the forum. What you need to do is upload your screenshots to a sharing service and then copy the link they provide into your posts. 

[DaveyJ576]

Ok! I suspected as much. Wanted to make sure I wasn't being dense. Thanks!

[DaveyJ576]

Okay, still not working. I have tried linking from Dropbox and MSN OneDrive. When I try posting the link, the box turns red and it won't accept the link.

Oops. I just figured it out. Required a bit of manipulation but I got it.

[Entropian]

A bit late, but Dropbox works if you change the appending dl=0 to a dl=1 in the URL if you didn't figure that out.

Edited October 5, 2020 by Entropian

[RealKerbal3x]

@DaveyJ576 I would recommend Imgur. It's free, has a simple and intuitive interface and you don't need an account to upload images (though I would recommend it if you're going to be uploading a lot of images, perhaps for a mission report).

Once you upload your pics to Imgur you can just copy the direct link and paste it into your post, it should automatically embed.